Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.